ok, this is the second time in the past two weeks I've not been able to go swim due to thunderstorm activity.
Now don't get me wrong.. I LOOOOOVE Thunderstorms, but not being able to swim when you've looked forward to doing so since the previous evening is just no fun at all. :mad:
I was literally out the building and on my way to the Y when an clap of thunder abruptly stopped me in my tracks.. I just turned right around and went back into the building. (and onto the discussion boards of course! lol)
Anyone else go to indoor pools that close during storms? In Oklahoma during spring and early summer it sometimes ends up being like a hail mary to decide to go to practice in hopes that there won't be a storm.:rolleyes:
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Originally posted by Allen Stark
If i remember my college physics,the charge in an enclosed conductor is always ZERO. Thats why a car is safe in a thunder storm(not because it has rubber tires.) Most indoor pools are going to have metal surrounding them in the walls making them essentially inside an enclosed conductor and therefore safe.
Allen! That could be the next trend in building pools.... making sure they are inside an enclosed conductor and therefore 'safer' to be in during a thunderstorm. Don't know how you would get water into and out of the pool but I'm sure someone could figure that out.
Okay all you engineers when you start to build these kinda pools remember I gave you the idea and want a cut of the profits.
Originally posted by Allen Stark
If i remember my college physics,the charge in an enclosed conductor is always ZERO. Thats why a car is safe in a thunder storm(not because it has rubber tires.) Most indoor pools are going to have metal surrounding them in the walls making them essentially inside an enclosed conductor and therefore safe.
Allen! That could be the next trend in building pools.... making sure they are inside an enclosed conductor and therefore 'safer' to be in during a thunderstorm. Don't know how you would get water into and out of the pool but I'm sure someone could figure that out.
Okay all you engineers when you start to build these kinda pools remember I gave you the idea and want a cut of the profits.
